Situated

Aesthetic Experience in Science Education: Learning and Meaning-Making as Situated Talk and Action


This book examines the role of aesthetic experience in learning science and in science education from the perspective of knowledge as action and language use. The theoretical underpinnings are based on the writings of John Dewey and Ludwig Wittgenstein. In their spirit aesthetics is examined as it appears in the lives of people and how it relates to the activities in which they are involved. Centered around an empirical analysis of how students and their teachers use aesthetic language and acts during laboratory and field work, the book demonstrates that aesthetics is something that is constantly talked about in science class and that these aesthetic experiences are intimately involved in learning science. T… More >>

Aesthetic Experience in Science Education: Learning and Meaning-Making as Situated Talk and Action

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Situated Language and Learning: A Critique of Traditional Schooling


Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy-makers?

In this major new book, Gee tackles the ‘big ideas’ about language, literacy and learning, putting forward an integrated theory that crosses disciplinary boundaries, and applying it to some of the very real problems that face educationalists today.

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From a Social Constructivist Perspective: The Influence of Teacher Education Programs and School Cultures on Student Teachers’ Dispositions and Situated … Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport


This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 562 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Electronic Quills: A Situated Evaluation of Using Computers for Writing in Classrooms


This volume centers on the words and experiences of teachers and students who used QUILL — a software package developed by the authors to aid in writing instruction. It looks in detail at the stories of these early users and considers questions relevant for other teachers, students, researchers, and developers of educational innovations. Questions posed include:

* What does it mean to develop an environment for literacy in an actual classroom?

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